Interpretive Exercise Alex Was a Typically Developing 13 Year Old When He

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Interpretive Exercise
Alex was a typically developing 13 year old when he was involved in a serious car accident resulting in traumatic brain injury.Prior to the accident,he enjoyed school: his grades were at or above average and he had many friends who thought of him as talkative and funny.By the time Alex returned to school,his visible injuries had healed.Alex's friends said that he looked like Alex,but no longer seemed like Alex.They were especially disturbed by his tendency to physically lash out at them and exhibit tantrums when expected to work.
-The nature of Alex's accident and his visible injuries indicate that

• A)there was probably no neurological dysfunction resulting from injury.
• B)there was injury to his brain due to an external force.
• C)he probably did not experience an altered state of consciousness.
• D)the injury is probably a degenerative condition.

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